Haden Blackman is back with another Darth Vader comic series, The Ghost Prison.

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"Darth Vader and The Ghost Prison tells the story of one of the earliest attempts to assassinate the Emperor, and the lengths that Darth Vader, Moff Trachta, and a young, eager lieutenant will go to in order to protect Palpatine."

Interview with Haden Blackman:
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/haden-blackman-darth-vader-ghost-prison-111013.html
Blackman's announcement on his webpage:
http://www.hadenblackman.com/archives/518_________________
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:38 am

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VileZeroMaster

Joined: 21 Mar 2010Posts: 816Location: Maryland

Moff Trachta?? YES! Coolest character in "Empire: Betrayal."

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:33 am

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Darth_HenningMaster

Joined: 12 Apr 2011Posts: 534Location: Canada

Anyone else see the irony that Tracheta was trying to assassinate Palpy in his only other appearance?

This should be interesting.

Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 1:30 pm

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Caedus_16Master

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First issue of this is out today! I haven't been able to pick up my copy but they're holding it for me. Anyone get a chance to read it yet?_________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

Joey Esposito is one of the comic reviewers over at IGN. He runs a podcast called "IGN Assemble!" that I listen to every week.

Star Wars comics never get good publicity by the big-boys in comics. They almost never make it into the Top 50 bestselling comics of any given month. Most comic book reviewers go where the money is, and review the books that are popular (the ones put out my Marvel or DC, mostly). So it's incredibly rare that a Star Wars comic gets singled out and reviewed so well. Mr. Esposito even tweeted about it, which is also rare.

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Star Wars comics never get good publicity by the big-boys in comics. They almost never make it into the Top 50 bestselling comics of any given month.....

These are good signs

Really?

That surprised me a fair bit actually. I would have thought with the number of Star Wars fans tthat they'd be pretty high up there.

Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:00 pm

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Caedus_16Master

Joined: 15 Apr 2008Posts: 4770Location: Korriban

Darth_Henning wrote:

Taral-DLOS wrote:

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Star Wars comics never get good publicity by the big-boys in comics. They almost never make it into the Top 50 bestselling comics of any given month.....

These are good signs

Really?

That surprised me a fair bit actually. I would have thought with the number of Star Wars fans tthat they'd be pretty high up there.

There's tons of us but Batman and Spider-Man have older, more long-running fans and they will buy whatever comes out related to it._________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 1:30 am

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DannikJerrikoEUC Staff

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Caedus_16 wrote:

Darth_Henning wrote:

Taral-DLOS wrote:

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Star Wars comics never get good publicity by the big-boys in comics. They almost never make it into the Top 50 bestselling comics of any given month.....

These are good signs

Really?

That surprised me a fair bit actually. I would have thought with the number of Star Wars fans tthat they'd be pretty high up there.

There's tons of us but Batman and Spider-Man have older, more long-running fans and they will buy whatever comes out related to it.

I had an image in mind of a 100 year old Sheldon Cooper walking into the comic store ...

I must admit that I wasn't too impressed with what I was hearing about this comic book series. With all this good press I'll have to delve deeper, possibly re-evaluate my position._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 7:09 pm

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Murray1134Padawan

Joined: 16 Jan 2012Posts: 94Location: Roanoke, VA

This first issue was great, and I can't wait for more.

It also doesn't hurt that Haden Blackman writes one of my other favorite comics right now, Batwoman.

This man needs to write more, he's a really good writer._________________EUCantina Comic Book Reviewer
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